Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sipo

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Japonic

Pronunciation

Accent class: 2.3

Noun

*sipo

salt
tide

Derived terms

*o-sipo

Descendants

Old Japanese: 潮, 塩 (sipo)
- Japanese: 潮, 塩 (shio, Heian LL, Tokyo 2 [LH(L)], Kyoto 2 [HL(L)], Kagoshima B [LH(L)])
Proto-Ryukyuan: *sio (“tide”)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 潮 (shū, sū)
  - Kunigami: 潮 (sū)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 潮 (shū)
  - Okinawan: 潮 (shū)
  - Okinoerabu: 潮 (shū)
  - Tokunoshima: 潮 (shū)
  - Yoron: 潮 (shū)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 潮 (sū, ssu)
  - Yaeyama: 潮 (sū)
  - Yonaguni: 潮 (sū)
⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan: *masio (“salt”)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 真塩 (mashu, masu)
  - Kunigami: 真塩 (masu /⁠másù⁠/)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 真塩 (mashu)
  - Okinawan: 真塩 (māshu /⁠màːɕù⁠/)
  - Okinoerabu: 真塩 (mashu /⁠màɕú⁠/)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 真塩 (mashu /⁠màɕùˑ⁠/)
  - Tokunoshima: 真塩 (mashu /⁠máɕù⁠/)
  - Yoron: 真塩 (mashu /⁠máɕú⁠/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 真塩 (māsū)
  - Yaeyama: 真塩 (māsu /⁠máːsú⁠/)
  - Yonaguni: 真塩 (masu /⁠màsû⁠/)